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Potatoes (subtitled A Collection of Folk Songs from Ralph Records) is a various artists compilation album by Ralph Records, released in March 1987.
Potatoes showcases Ralph's often electronic and rock-based groups attempting to create folk music. The Residents contributed a cover of Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", an outtake from their album Stars & Hank Forever!.
Track Listing[]
- Blitzoids - Fire On The Mountain (2:47)
- Renaldo And The Loaf - Haul On The Bowline (A-Chantey) (2:00)
- Maria Marquez And Frank Harris - Canto Del Pilon (4:06)
- The Residents - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Williams) (3:09)
- Terra Incognita - Rank Stranger (2:47)
- Snakefinger's Midi-Evil Vestal Virgins - The Ballad Of Sawney Bean / Sawney's Death Dance (Snakefinger) (4:29)
- Mark Mothersbaugh - My Home Town (Mothersbaugh) (1:33)
- Artist Unknown - The Billy Bee Song (1:30)
- Negativland - Perfect Scrambled Eggs Ft. Graham Kerr (Recipe) (2:45)
- Voice Farm - Mamma Made Me Do It (Brown/Reilley) (4:33)
- Club Foot Orchestra - Japanese Song Too (Marriot) (2:38)
- Rhythm & Noise - Berta's Hammer (3:20)
- The Step One Nursery School Just Plain Folk Singers - Potatoes (0:30)
Bonus Tracks, Collectors Edition
- Mark Hosler - Mashed Potatoe (A Mashed Version Of Potatoes) (3:58)
- Mark Hosler - Mashed Potatoe (A Mashed Version Of Potatoes) (3:58)
1989 Expanded CD Edition[]
- Howard Finster - Brief Harmonica Interlude (0:27)
- Renaldo & The Loaf - Haul On The Bowline (2:01)
- Rhythm & Noise - Berta's Hammer (3:17)
- Half Japanese - T Is For Texas (Rodgers) (3:41)
- The Residents - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Williams) (3:10)
- Tom Cora + Hans Reichel - Premonitions (Reichel/Cora) (3:40)
- Terra Incognita - Rank Stranger (2:56)
- Howard Finster - When The Saints Go Marchin' In (3:25)
- Mark Mothersbaugh - My Home Town (Mothersbaugh) (1:35)
- Artist Unknown - The Billy Bee Song (Fair) (1:25)
- Snakefinger - The Ballad Of Sawney Bean / Sawney's Death Dance (Snakefinger) (4:32)
- The Tinklers - If You Want Nice Kids Be Nice To Your Kids (Tinklers) (1:54)
- Negativland - Perfect Scrambled Eggs (Recipe) (2:44)
- Blitzoids - Fire On The Mountain (2:50)
- Bongwater - Splash 1 (Hall/Ericson) (2:08)
- Club Foot Orchestra - Japanese Song Too (Marriot) (2:41)
- The Step One Just Plain Folk Singers - Potatoes (1:04)
- Mark Hosler - The Mashed Potatoe (3:50)
Credits[]
- I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry: Written by Hank Williams
- Rank Stranger
- Max Klein: Guitar
- Katie Rauh: Bass
- Mark Twohy: Fiddle
- The Ballad Of Sawney Bean / Sawney's Death Dance:
- Written by Snakefinger
- Produced by Snakefinger, Eric Fledman, & Howard Johnston
- My Home Town: Written by Mark Mothersbaugh
- Perfect Scrambled Eggs
- Chris Gregg: Drums, Fiddle & Stirring Bowl
- Don Joyce: Tape & Voice Manipulations
- Peter Montgomery: Whining Butter
- Mark Hosler: Acoustic Guitar & Frying Pan
- David Wills: Keyboards & Hazelnuts
- Graham Kerr: Vocals
- Written by Recipe
- Mamma Made Me Do It
- Written by: Charley Brown & Myke Reilly
- Produced by: Wally Brill, Myke Reilly & Charley Brown
- Japanese Song Too
- With: Harumi, Chaiki & Sumi
- Written by: Richard Marriot
- Potatoes
- Performed by: Sue Britson, Mark Hosler, Betsy Nachman, Jane Timberlake & Charlie Vincent
- Laurah Ellah von Schpec: Executive Producer
- Cathy Sampson: Cover Drawing
- Rex Ray: Art Direction
- Diane Juzaitis: Legalities
Additional Credits featured on later pressings
- The Billy Bee Song written by: Sheenah Fair
Release History[]
| Year | Label | Format | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Ralph Records | LP | US |
| Cassette | |||
| LP + 7" | |||
| Cassette + 7" | |||
| Torso | LP | NL | |
| Virgin | GR | ||
| 1989 | Elemental | CD | US |